Jeremiah 17:11 (WEB)
As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.
Fathers and councils · 6
Gregory of Nyssa
“…was deemed father who is falsely so called, as the prophet Jeremiah says in his dark saying, “The partridge called, she gathered together what she hatched not.”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 11 (LXX.).
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Hippolytus of Rome
“On Jeremiah and Ezekiel.” — editor's note: That Hippolytus wrote on Jeremiah is recorded, so far as I know, by none of the ancients; for the quotation given in the Catena of Greek fathers on Jer. xvii.…
Read the whole comment“And Jeremiah speaks of him thus in a parable: “The partridge cried, (and) gathered what he did not hatch, making himself riches without judgment: in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 11.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For he is that partridge, whereof hath been said, “In the half of his days they shall leave him, and in his last days he shall be an unwise one.”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 11.
Read the whole comment“That also which Jeremiah saith is, “making his riches not with judgment.”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 11.
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Jerome
“Men and women in turn lay snares for each other till we cannot but recall the prophet’s words: “the partridge hath cried aloud, she hath gathered young which she hath not brought forth, she getteth riches and not by right; in the midst of her days she shall leave them, and at her end she shall be a fool.”” — editor's note: Jer. xvii. 11, Vulg.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §19.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §19.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §19.